Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 6: Tarbes - Cauterets-Cambasque, 144.9k

[Samu Cuenca]

Holy sh*t! Jumbo's arrogance punished so hard there.

Vingegaard thought he could win the jackpot on the Tourmalet & went too deep too early. They screwed themselves & it's glorious stuff.

I do love this sport on days like this.

How did they screw themselves?

If he wouldn't be able to drop him there, where the heck could he ever expect do it?

I guess he should just have waited for the sprint like Roglič would have done.

 

[SHAD0W93]

And not bad for Pog winning despite not being an elite climber


At least we have a race on our hands!

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

Looks like Granon put with switched roles and of course a smaller time loss. Vingegaard overestimated his ability, but also Pogi had far better leg than yesterday.

 

[Gigs_98]

I'm completely stoked about todays result, but I have to repeat myself. This was utter tactical ineptitude by Jumbo. In a race where they should clearly focus on Pogacar and Pogacar alone, they drag him over the Tourmalet, drag him to the final climb and drag him to the final 3 kms, while completely exposing their leader. Even if Pog couldn't have dropped Vingegaard today, what would have been the point? Their entire focus should be on dropping Pog and today they seemed to focus on literally anything except that.

 

[Didinho]

First stage I couldn’t see and the battle is back on. Love it. Looking forward to watch the replay.

What is the standing now for the KOM?

 

[RobertCrawley]

What is it with people talking about Pog 'wbeelsucking' today? He got absolutely murdered yesterday, Wout is driving it today, he rode exactly as he should have and it paid off massively.

Sunday will be very very interesting.

I think a lot will depend on the weather. This is a Tadej kind of day at 70 degrees F or so. But when it's really hot, that's when historically Tadej is not at his best.

 

[pvieira91]

So yesterday the theme was; Pogacar isn't in bad shape is that Vingegaard is so much stronger.
Who is stronger now?
POGACAR IS BACK!
GAME ON!

 

[ppanther92]

Why did Gall actually finish in front of O'Connor. Thought he would wait or actually thought he would intentionally ship minutes again and just save energy for the KOM.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Hindley: "I got my ass handed to me today."

I like that guy.

 

[Elos Anjos]

Why? His appearance at the TDF was ridiculous. It will accelarate more violence in France as it shows he's completely out of touch and doesn't care about the people.

That would take us to an uncalled political discussion. Although I don't approve of Macron's appearence and his draft of Vingo, I was just playing with Joe Biden's appearance.

 

[KOM]

Guys hindsight is 20/20... Vingegoo tried to go in for the kill today and I/we should respect him for it... Yes it didnt work, yes it looks a bit "stupid" even, but it wasnt some idiotic strategy that was doomed to fail or anything at all. Pogi is just a fkn superstar and he showed that again today and we are all better of for it otherwise the tour wouldve been over today

 

[ppanther92]

Großschartner smiling a lot. Team spirit, yeah

 

[bob.a.feet]

D

Either this or the final week in 2011.

I think it will be a long time until we match those two stages from 2011.
However, this week we had the double Yates moment, the Lafay attack, the Hindley heist, Vingegaard cracking Pogacar, Vingegaard attack on Tourmalet 40km out, and Pogacar dropping Vingegaard and blowing the race wide open. It sets up two weeks of uncertainty and excitement.

 

[Rackham]

How did they screw themselves?

If he wouldn't be able to drop him there, where the heck could he ever expect do it?

I guess he should just have waited for the sprint like Roglič would have done.

Yep? I mean he's got nearly a minute on Pog this morning. What's the rush? Why the greed? Just keep things tight with the team & launch on the final climb.

GT racing isn't an ego trip. Jumbo wanted to win the lot today like on Granon & it backfired spectacularly. Now they've brought Pog back into the game.

 

[memyselfandI]

This is how you a beat a pure climber. Wheelsuck and then attack. This is the right strategy for Pogacar. He can gain more seconds in stages like these. And we still have the ITT. Game on!

Thing just being that Vingo is not a pure climber, you can look his tt speeds..

 

[Izzyeviel]

Already better than the entire Giro..............

The team presentation was more entertaining than the Giro

 

[hfer07]

what a show

Poga 1 +
Vingegaard 1

keep it up

 

[KOM]

Kudos to Buchmann who sacrificed himself today and shipped 6.5 minutes. Didnt think he had it in him

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yep? I mean he's got nearly a minute on Pog this morning. What's the rush? Why the greed? Just keep things tight with the team & launch on the final climb.

GT racing isn't an ego trip. Jumbo wanted to win the lot today like on Granon & it backfired spectacularly. Now they've brought Pog back into the game.

You must be a big chess fan

 

[RedheadDane]

What is the standing now for the KOM?

Powless in the lead with 36 points. Gall with 28 points.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Vingo didn't look too good towards the top of the Tourmalet when he attacked. He couldn't drop Pog then, so I didn't think he would drop him on the last climb. Super win by Pog, race has always been on.

 

[HelloDolly]

How about this ...hows about WVA wasnt up front and didnt pull
Mayeb Pog would have to have gone to the front earlier if he wanted the stage , time and bonus seconds

Just saying

 

[RedheadDane]

Vingo didn't look too good towards the top of the Tourmalet when he attacked. He couldn't drop Pog then, so I didn't think he would drop him on the last climb. Super win by Pog, race has always been on.

You haven't started singing yet?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

What an epic stage! JV did everything to kill the race (read Teddy) today (I actually expected they would succeed) and Wout almost died on his bike. The outcome was looking good: JV and Skeletor had a ridiculous acceleration at the end of Tourmalet and Wout was waiting up there. But Teddy trolled them all! What a ride and what a finish, congrats. The race is not over yet. The clash of the mutants is on and the guys behind realized pretty quickly that they are still fighting for #1...among humans.

 

[Jagartrott]

Like the giro was over after stage 1, then was over again after stage 16, then finally was over after stage 20, this Tour was over yesterday, and over again today.